Report finds 9% of U.S. adults have depression

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By ABC7 Archive

September 30, 2010

Rates range from a low of 4.8-percent in North Dakota to a high of 14.8-percent in Mississippi. Overall, more people in the southeast met the criteria for depression compared with other parts of the nation.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the clustering of depression in the southeast may be partly due to chronic health conditions such as obesity, heart disease, stroke and sleep problems that are also common in the area.